In an interview, Rep. James R. Langevin (D-R.I.), the co-founder and co-chair of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, said he promises to do everything he can to prevent...NextGov.com From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2009
The World Wide Web has reached a critical point, warns Nemertes Research in a new report, which claims that increased online traffic will likely result in slower...ITPro From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2009
Using a new technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, electric vehicle owners can plug in their cars and forget...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory From ACM News | April 30, 2009
Low-cost sensors, clever software, and computing firepower are key ingredients of an emerging computing trend called smart infrastructure — efficient and environmentally...The New York Times From ACM News | April 30, 2009
The United States is engaged in an international race to develop both cyberweapons and cyberdefenses. Thousands of daily attacks on federal and private computer...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2009
Google has released O3D, software designed to bring accelerated three-dimensional (3D) graphics to Web browsers. The program is a browser plug-in for Internet...CNet News From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially launched the World Digital Library, an Internet-based library that...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2009
ACM announced Tuesday (April 28) that Jon Kleinberg, a professor at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing...PR Newswire From ACM News | April 28, 2009
Researchers at Karlstad University in Sweden are collaborating with researchers at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories to test technology that promises to maintain the...Swedish Research Council From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
Scientists at the Know-Center, a technology research center in Austria, are developing software capable of quickly determining if a Web site is a credible source...Agence France Presse From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
For years, the U.S. intelligence community worried that China's government was attacking our cyber-infrastructure. Now one man has discovered it's worse: It's hundreds...Popular Science From ACM News | April 24, 2009
China insisted on Thursday (April 23) that it was opposed to Internet crimes, following a U.S. media report that said Chinese hackers may have been behind a cyber...AFP From ACM News | April 24, 2009
Some experts say that telepresence could have such a major impact on society that it changes everything, from how humans explore space to how they remotely communicate...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009
The rapid evolution of computing, networking, and data capturing technologies, along with advances in data mining and analysis, are fundatmentally changing the...Linked Data on the Web (LDOW) From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney, has developed the UTS Work-Ready Project, a new wiki intended to help better prepare university graduates for the workforce...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009
A group of pioneers in the security field, whose work in encryption is used to protect Internet data and communications every day, spoke recently about the state...ZDNet Asia From ACM News | April 23, 2009
Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project — the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever — according to...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 23, 2009
Microsoft is developing a new language for parallel programming called Axum. Previously known as Maestro, Axum is an incubation project intended to help programmers...eWeek From ACM TechNews | April 22, 2009
Cloud computing has the potential to create irreversible changes in how computers are used around the world, says David Carrera, director of the Cloud Computing...Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2009
The Companionable project is working to improve the quality of life of elderly and disabled people through robots designed to operate in intelligent homes. The...Basque Research From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2009